Month: February 2019

We don’t often publish personal stories, but the experiences of Kay Inckle as a disabled person just trying to do her job make sobering reading. By Kay Inckle, Lecturer in Sociology at Liverpool University “The […]

Depressing but not a surprise: 2017-2018 was not a good year for living standards progress in Britain, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics Adam Corlett, senior economic analyst, Resolution Foundation Cross-posted […]

The works of political economist Susan Strange are experiencing a revival of interest. But what are her big ideas? Nat Dyer is a freelance writer based in London. He was previously an investigator and campaigner […]

Cafe Weltschmerz is a Dutch discussion forum which interviews a very wide range of speakers for a predominantly Dutch audience. This is Steve´s second interview on the Cafe, conducted by Paul Buitink They covered a […]

EU cities are especially affected by diesel cars. EU hegemon Germany is the EU hegemon will block meaningful laws to protect EU citizens. The profits of German car corporations are more important. Read here

EPA/Giuseppe Lami Davide Vampa, Aston University February has been an important month in Italian politics. Elections took place in Abruzzo and Sardinia – two regions located in the south of the country. Both are “swing” […]

The Green New Deal has rocketed to the top of the agenda in the US. It’s an ambitious plan, spearheaded by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to decarbonise the US economy and eliminate economic insecurity at the same […]

Germany feels good about itself again. After its decision on the future of coal, it sees itself as a pioneer in transforming its energy production. In reality it still doesn’t want to think seriously about […]

Here they come again, neo-liberal corporate and state media in their newest offensive against anything progressive. The new target is the Green New Deal. Of course – as usual – the market will take care […]

Book Reviews

Book Review by Branko Milanović In the speech to the European Youth in Brussels in March 2014, the then-president Obama, speaking of American-led alliances across the world after World War II said the following: “And […]

Book Review by Chris Bambery “Spain is Different” – that was the slogan devised in the 1960’s to sell the country as a popular tourism destination. And Spain is different as this wonderfully rich book […]